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So I started walking a lot here in the last few months. Nothing major, maybe a 1/4 mile a day, up to the store to buy a pack of cigarettes. Anyways, as I was on my way home, I noticed my shadow was like 9 feet tall and straight out in front of me. I thought "It's not high noon, why the hell is my shadow pointing straight up?" but then I remembered about angles and stuff.

Anyways, I was also thinking, why the heck hasn't there been a movie version of The Long Walk yet? It's got to be cheap enough to make. All you need is a bunch of dumb kid actors, just try and find about 2 or 3 than can really act. If you found the right place, you could film the whole thing within a 5 mile square of Earth. Maybe the biggest expense would be ponying up for some military uniforms. Do that and slap King's name on it and you made your money, if you're lucky it becomes a cult classic and you make money forever! Is that just the one property King hasn't let go of yet or something?

So there you go. Feel free to talk about your favorite walks or about the story The Long Walk.

That's great to know it's in his hands. But what the hecks the holdup I wonder. Like I said it's got to be the least expensive film he's ever done.
Maybe it's trying to find a way around the whole killing kids on camera thing, I dunno.

Yeah, the England one (Scafell Pike) isn't very tall, they're also all relatively close together - it's like nine or ten hours of driving. Still, that doesn't leave all that long for three fairly challenging hikes.

I can barely walk these days, it's embarrassing. I've been hobbling on and off buses and it's painful if I don't land right or the bus is far away from the curb. I almost fell a couple times. Anyway, I miss walking around to the store or library but now it's just a chore but feels better than sitting or standing all day.

I don't knows....I could end up with metal rods in my spine by the time I'm thirty. I hope not, I regret having done so much during high school now. It's never been this bad and I don't know what to do about it.

I don't knows....I could end up with metal rods in my spine by the time I'm thirty. I hope not, I regret having done so much during high school now. It's never been this bad and I don't know what to do about it.

So I'm gonna whine about it on the internet.

You ought to be glad for all the stuff you did in high school, cherish the memory, because soon you'll never be able to do those things again.

I don't knows....I could end up with metal rods in my spine by the time I'm thirty. I hope not, I regret having done so much during high school now. It's never been this bad and I don't know what to do about it.

So I'm gonna whine about it on the internet.

You ought to be glad for all the stuff you did in high school, cherish the memory, because soon you'll never be able to do those things again.

Soon? You mean now! haha I don't run anymore and I shouldn't be playing volleyball right now, the way my knee has been. I am super glad I was able to do those things in high school because without the sports I would have lost my mind.
Anyway, I like long walks on the beach, which I got to do on Sunday so that was nice.

I'm no Dr. Proctor or anything, but you oughta lay off the volleyball and give it at least a chance to heal. Your knee is probably starting to heal up, then you go jumping up and down on it, and your knee is like, "Are you kidding me?!"

I'm no Dr. Proctor or anything, but you oughta lay off the volleyball and give it at least a chance to heal. Your knee is probably starting to heal up, then you go jumping up and down on it, and your knee is like, "Are you kidding me?!"

I know this. I don't jump as much as I used to and I've been taking it easy but it is also a class I'm taking so I can't just drop it now. It's not just the volleyball though. I'm on my feet a lot, for work and if I'm not on my feet I'm sitting down a lot and even that is uncomfortable. Sitting down for extended periods of time it starts to stiffen up and hurt worse than if I were standing and walking around. It's really just fucked up all around. I want to be able to buy bionic legs already.

He's not Jiminy THE Cricket, he's Jiminy Cricket, it's like a second name not a description. Tsk.

I like walking around and listening to an audiobook or music. There's so many nice places to walk around by me too. Rhys and I often take a stroll of an evening! We meet a lot of dogs. My cat follows us if we don't lock him in.
In fact we tried putting a harness on him so he could go with us because he wanted to follow us. And it was fine until the first dog came along and then it was like flying a kite in high wind. When he finally stopped flailing I had to just carry him home. I would like a dog, I love walking dogs. Much better than walking cats.

I gained 10 lbs when I was on antidepressants, and it doesn't seem like much but on 5'2 its pretty noticable. its two pant sizes. I'm off the pills for a couple months now but the weight is coming off reallllly slowly

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